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On May, 28 in the resort hotel of«Kaissa» a festival«Àlushta summer 2013» started. In a tournament there is very interesting composition: young talented chess-players will fight for a master norm Afanasiev Nikita and Sychevskyy Andriy, chess-players from Mongolia and woman grand master Doluhanova Evgeniya. To look a tournament table, the photo of participants of tournament with the norm of international master can here

On our website a calendar and the position of the tournament in Alushta on the year 2013. We Draw Your attention to the open-tournament, which will be held from 01 to 10 July, with a guaranteed prize fund of $ 5,000, regardless of the number of participants.

For the first time I got this wonderful city at the age of four. In the eight-year — I took part in a blitz-tournament, which was held in the city chess club. And only eleven years later I came back in Alushta, in order to take part in a grandmaster tournament. The chess club is not in sight, but the chess life in the city thrives in the boarding house«Kaissa», which is headed by a big fan of chess art international arbiter Galperin Leonid Zinovievich…

Estonian champion Anna Sagadieva and European champion Kirill Chukavin this year came in Alushta not for the first time.It has become a tradition for them to make preparations for important competitions in Alushta …

Traditional Tournament in Dortmund has ended with a clear-cut victory of the Ukrainian grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov. Many people are interested how leading chess players prepare to such important competitions? Our small photo report will show Ruslan Ponomariov's method of preparation in the city of Alushta.

14 and 15th of June was the start day of«Alushta summer 2010-3» – the GM tournament(lookhere) and«Alushta summer 2010-3» (lookhere). The tournaments have gathered chess players from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. Both tournaments will be held till 25 of June.

23rd of May was started two tournaments with norms of the international grand master and the international master festival«Alushta summer 2010». Starting tournaments Alushta summer 2010-1 and Alushta summer 2010-1.1 have collected very interesting structure in boarding house«Kaissa»: to traditional participants from Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan chess players from Iran, Georgia and even Malta have joined. To look standings, photos of participants, and also download games GM tournament you can here, and tournament with norm of the international master here.

From May, 22 till October, 7, 2010 the chess festival«Alushta summer — 2010» will pass in Alushta town. In the program of festival are open tournaments with a prize fund of 5000$ in each, children tournaments, tournaments with the norms of International Grandaster and Master, rating tournament, and also the session of Gennady Kuzmin chess school.You can see the Festival Regulation here.

The interview with Sergey Dolmatov was conducted in Alushta in Crimea, Ukraine, when three pupils of the Russian grandmaster participated in two June 2009 tournaments. The English translation is prepared by the Chess Today team.